Magnetic Paris
by Mack, Adelaide
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. With many illustrations by George Desains and Charlotte Schaller. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped, sticker over price on the spine, generally rubbed and soiled. Red boards, blind design on the front board, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board, some rubbing at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Mack's account of what she has "lived, absorbed, and observed in various residences in Paris at two or three year intervals, covering in all a period of fifteen years." A loving account of late-19th, early-20th century Paris, profusely illustrated with in-text drawings and complete with its original illustrated jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4839
- Title
- Magnetic Paris
- Author
- Mack, Adelaide
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Travel, Paris, France
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Soiled
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- Rubbing
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